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Linky Wednesday - the one between holidays

That's right, after getting back from holidays on Sunday night, we are leaving for a long weekend and running festival on Friday night. Luckily my event (a 26 km trail run) is on Saturday morning, so I will have the rest of the weekend to relax, hang out with my friends, knit and read.

I had some good reading time last week and read Matrix by Lauren Groff (my When am I reading? book for time period 1200-1499) and The Fourth Consort ( a science fiction review book that I very much enjoyed) Now I'm romancing it up with Penny Reid's Drama King 

Not my favourite cover, but an enjoyable romance, with a very strong focus on consent and respect. Lovely. 

Next up are two NetGalley  review books - Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su which is rather overdue and Everyone in the Group Chat Dies, which is interestingly described as a 'Laugh out loud thriller'. I've also got The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon by Richard Zimmler to read for When am I reading? I'm getting that one from the library, and I'm a bit unclear about when and how ebooks from the library arrive. (I bought a Kobo in July last year, but continued to buy books when they were on sale on Amazon. Now Amazon has stopped the ability to put Amazon books on the Kobo, so I am going to try to use the library more). 

In knitting, I finished Leon's winter set while we were away, but I usually like to make a pair of matching socks. Since this years set are 1 x 3 broken rib, it was quite simple to find a matching sock pattern - I didn't even have to write my own this time:

I've got the second sock to finish, and then I'm deciding between a pair of shorties for me or a summer top (also for me!).

To read my all my book reviews, and to see everything I knit, you can find me on Ravelry as Sharondoubleknit and on GoodReads as Sharondblk. 

I'm joining in with Kat from As Kat Knits for Unravelled Wednesday and Kat from the Bookdate for It's Monday, What Are You Reading.  This week I'm also linking up with Sam from Taking on a World of Words for WWW Wednesday where we talk about what we are currently reading, what we have just finished and what we are going to read next. 

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  1. Emily05 March, 2025

    Have fun at the running festival and enjoy your books when you get to read them!

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/05/www-wednesday-currently-reading-finished-reading-reading-next-126/

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  2. Aj @ Read All The Things!11 March, 2025

    Good luck with your run! I hope you have a great week.

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  3. Kathy Martin11 March, 2025

    "Laugh out loud thriller" is an intriguing category. I hope you enjoy the book. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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